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Crowds March Through Streets of St Paul Over Police Killing of Amir Locke
Large crowds took to the streets St Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday, February 8, to protest the police killing of Amir Locke. Footage filmed by Instagram user @critzeya shows demonstrators walking through St Paul before eventually gathering outside the Minnesota Governor’s Residence. The crowd can be heard shouting “no good cops in a racist system”. Police officers fatally shot Locke while carrying out a no-knock search warrant at an apartment early on the morning of February 2, bodycam footage released by the City of Minneapolis shows. Minneapolis Police Department said a SWAT team gained entry to an apartment on Marquette Avenue South, and after around nine seconds encountered a man “with a handgun pointed in the direction of the officers." The public information report details that an officer then “fired his duty weapon,” striking 22-year-old Amir Locke. Police said officers provided emergency aid before Locke was brought to hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Credit: @critzeya via Storyful
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